... with the army, was present at the interview, and he and General Grant tried to console Meade by assurances that the story would not be credited, and that they would give a broad contradiction to it. Mr. Dana at once sent a despatch to the Secretary of War, alluding to the rumor, and saying: This is entirely untrue. He has not shown any weakness of the sort since moving from Culpeper, nor once intimated...